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NECK YOKE. No. 340,952.- Patented Apr. 27, 1886;

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

LOIRA C. LOOMIS, OF DOUDS STATION, IOWA, ASSIGNOR OF ONE-HALF TO THOMAS G. MCOLURE, OF SAME PLACE.

NECK-YOKE.

SPECIPICATION forming part Of Letters Patent N0. 340,952, dated April 27, 1886.

Application filed October 22, 1885. Serial No. 180,541. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, LOIRA O. Looms, a citizen of the United States of America, residing at Douds Station, in the county of Van Buren and State of Iowa, have invented certaln new and useful Improvements in Neck- Yokes; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, and to the letters or figures of reference marked thereon, which form a part of this specification.

1 My invention relates to certain new and useful improvements in neckyokes for doubleharness; and it consists in the construction and combination of the parts, as will be here inafter fully set forth, and specifically pointed out in the claims.

In the accompanying drawings, which i1lustrate my invention, Figure l is a plan view of my invention. Fig. 2 is a sectional view, and Fig. 3 is a detail sectional view.

A represents the end of a carriage-pole, to which is attached a ferrule having an out wardly projecting bar or rod, a, which is adapted to enter a socket, I), which is formed in the portion B, the end of said portion B being provided with the ball 0.

D represents the neckyoke, onehalf of which is cut away at its central portion, as shown at E, for the reception of a plate, 6, which plate and the opposite side of the neck 3 5 yoke is recessed so as to form a circular socket for the reception of the ball 0, said ball fitting snugly within said socket. The central portions. of the neck-yoke and plate are cut away, as shown at f, so as to allow the portion of the member B which is adjacent to the ball C to have a side movement within said recess, so that the tongue or neck-yoke can be moved with respect to 'each other, as shown in dotted lines.

The plate 0, hereinbefore referred to, is attached within the recess in the neck-y oke by means of the rivets 6, so that the member B and the neck-yoke will be securely united to each other.

By the construction hereinbefore described the neck-yoke will be pivotally connected to the end of the tongue, and may also have a lateral swinging movement. The rotation of said neck-yoke and a twisting movement of the same cannot take place, owing to the re cessf contacting with the end or portion adjacent to the ball G.

Then it is desired to attach my improved neck-yoke to the pole of a vehicle, it is only necessary to put the member B having the socket 1) upon thebar a, which projects from the ferrule attached to the end of the tongue.

Instead of cutting away half of the bar D, in which a portion of the socket is formed, so as to receive the plate with the other half of 6 the socket, the parts may be enlarged and spread so as to receive the ball, after which the socket is placed therein, and the neck' yoke heated and the parts hammered, so as to close them down upon the ball.

1. In combination with a wagonpole, a tip or ferrule, B, having a ball, 0, formed integral therewith, a neck-yoke, D, having a semicircular socket and cutaway portionsf, a plate, 0, attached to the neck-yoke so as to hold the same upon the tip B, substantially as shown, and for the purpose set forth.

2. The neck-yoke herein described, having a semicircular socket at its central portion and a longitudinal recess which tapers i11- wa-rdly toward said socket, a plate, 6, with a similar shaped socket and recess, said plate being secured to the neck-yoke by rivets e, the member B, connected to the wagon-tongue and provided with a ball, 0, at its end, the parts being combined and organized substantially as shown, and for the purpose set forth.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

LOIRA O. LOOMIS.

Vitnesses:

Mnmsslt M. Donn, ORA E. DOUD. 

